Wiim Ultra search on Spotify?

[Ivan]

Hello, i don't understand why, using the research function directly from the Wiim App (the lens), i can find artisti, album, etc.. from Amazon but not from Spotify.
To make searches I have (obviosly) to use the Spotify app and then stream to the Iltra.
I can't do everything fom inside the Wiim App, like i can do with Amazon instead.
Am I missing something or is it like this, less integration between Spotify and Wiim than between Amazon and Wiim?

 

[Burnside]

WiiM relies on Spotify Connect which isn’t internal to the WiiM app. Most Spotify implementations tend to use Connect rather than being embedded in a third party app, so searches need to be done in the Spotify app

 

[Wiimer]

Hello, i don't understand why, using the research function directly from the Wiim App (the lens), i can find artisti, album, etc.. from Amazon but not from Spotify.
To make searches I have (obviosly) to use the Spotify app and then stream to the Iltra.
I can't do everything fom inside the Wiim App, like i can do with Amazon instead.
Am I missing something or is it like this, less integration between Spotify and Wiim than between Amazon and Wiim?

I agree with @Burnside.

This is just a quick tips, there are two main Spotify integration actions you can do with the WiiM home app.

1) You can register presets on the WiiM app while Spotify is playing and play them using the preset buttons on the WiiM app or Remote.

2) Tapping the album art on the Now Playing Screen of the WiiM app switches to the Spotify app.

 

[kjell.bjornfors]

Hello, i don't understand why, using the research function directly from the Wiim App (the lens), i can find artisti, album, etc.. from Amazon but not from Spotify.
To make searches I have (obviosly) to use the Spotify app and then stream to the Iltra.
I can't do everything fom inside the Wiim App, like i can do with Amazon instead.
Am I missing something or is it like this, less integration between Spotify and Wiim than between Amazon and Wiim?

I agree. It would have been nice to have the same functionality that Spotty provides in Lyrion. I often use Squeezelite from Lyrion to Ultra when I want to use multiroom because I also have 6 streamers based on RPi/HiFiBerry. But I also use Spotify Connect a lot.